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Suicide bomber kills at least 30 people in Hama

Pictures on Syria TV showed firemen trying to put out huge fires and black clouds of smoke rising from charred trucks and carsState media reported a man blew himself up inside the vehicle on a busy road on the outskirts of HamaThe pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack targeted an army checkpointState media blamed the attack on "terrorists"Rebels have been joined by hardline Islamists, some of them linked to al-Qaeda, and several groups have used suicide bombs to attack military and political targets

A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with 1.5 tonnes of explosives killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens in Syria's central city of Hama.

State media reported the man blew himself up inside the vehicle on a busy road on the outskirts of the city.

It blamed the attack on "terrorists", the term it uses to describe rebel forces trying to topple President Basharal-Assad.